Born in Paxton, Illinois
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Logan Craven
and Elizabeth A (Havens) Craven
Sister of
Addie Phillips [half], Ernest W Craven, Jerry Lowell Craven, Nina Viola (Craven) Harshbarger, Lindon Henry Craven and Lillian Grace Craven
Wife of
Walter Leigh Reid
— married
18 Apr 1936 in Rantoul, Illinois
Descendants 
Mother of
Jerry Reid
Died
at age 97
in Taylor House Hospice, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Dec 2013
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Biography
Jessie and Walter lived many years in Affton, Missouri, where she taught school, having graduated from Eastern Illinois Teachers College, Charleston, Illinois. She and Walter were founding members of the Affton Christian Church, Affton, Missouri. Later in life, they moved to Ankeny, Polk, Iowa. Once there, they attended the Ankeny First United Methodist Church. Jessie is buried in the Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Mattoon, Illinois.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Jessie C. Reid Obituary on GenealogyBank.com, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sunday March 9, 2008.
- "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKHZ-D9T : accessed 14 Apr 2014), Jessie Cravan in household of Thomas Cravan, Paxton Ward 1, Ford, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 7B, family 172, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374248.
- "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJZ3-W8B : accessed 14 Apr 2014), Jessie E Craven in household of Thomas G Craven, Jasper, Wayne, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 7B, family 149, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820413.
- "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XSRK-76K : accessed 14 Apr 2014), Jessie Craven in household of Thomas L Craven, Charleston, Coles, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0003, sheet 5B, family 141, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 411.
- "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWWN-WZ2 : accessed 22 Apr 2014), Jesse Reid in household of Elizabeth Craven, Ward 1, Charleston, Charleston Township, Coles, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-3, sheet 62B, family 321, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 771.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jessie:
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